MARITIME TRANSPORT IN CROATIA
Croatia has several large seaports. The largest seaport with the deepest channel to a port in the Adriatic is Rijeka on the northern Croatian coast, followed by Ploče in southern Dalmatia. The port of Ploče is of strategic importance for the industries of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The largest Croatian passenger port is Split in Dalmatia, also called gateway to the islands, followed by Zadar. There are 66 inhabited islands along the Croatian coast which means there are a large number of local ferry connections.
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SEA PORTS AND HARBORS
MAJOR TRANSPORT SEAPORTS:
- Omisalj
- Ploce
- Rijeka
- Sibenik
OTHER SEAPORTS:
- Dubrovnik
- Dugi Rat
- Pula
- Split
- Zadar
MERCHANT MARINE (from 2010):
TOTAL________________77 ships
BULK CARRIER__________24
CARGO________________7
CHEMICAL TANKER_______8
PASSENGER/CARGO______27
PETROLEUM TANKER_____10
REFRIGERATED CARGO____1
INLAND WATERWAY PORTS
VUKOVAR (Danube)
SISAK (Sava)
SLAVONSKI BROD (Sava)
OSIJEK (Drava)
Ports
The Republic of Croatia counts six ports open for public traffic of outstanding (international) economic importance and those are the ports: Rijeka, Zadar, Sibenik, Split, Ploce and Dubrovnik. Total investment into projects regarding them amounts to EUR499.5 million, financed from national budget, World Bank loans, European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with government guarantees, while some of the new projects are co-financed from EU funds.
RIJEKA
Port of Rijeka is well sheltered harbour with good and safe outside anchorage, situated in the Nort part of Adriatic. Breakwaters are 1.754 m and 420 m. Port entrance is 270 m wide. The width of entrance to Susak Basin is 43 m. Depth at port of Rijeka entrance is about 40 m, in mid-harbour 20 to 28 m, at quays 6 to 10 m. Bay of Bakar, 4.700 m long, 700 m wide, average depth 26 m, at entrance 44 m. Entrance to Bay of Bakar is 400 m wide. Max tidal range is 1.2 m.
TERMINALS:
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General cargo terminal (Basin Rijeka/Sušak)
Grain terminal (Basin Rijeka)
Sea depth - max. 14m
Silos capacity – 57,000t
Liquid cargo terminal (Omisalj)
Sea depth - 30m
Storage capacity – 130,000t
Container and Ro-Ro terminal (Brajdica)
Sea depth – 11m-12m
South shore - 300m - 2 STS container cranes; an additional 300m of the coast with the accompanying infrastructure and superstructure is under construction (predicted total capacity in future is 500,000 TEU)
West shore - 164m - 2 STS container cranes
Grain terminal (Bakar-Podbok)
Sea depth - 18m : Storage capacity - for 130,000t (coal) or 400,000t (ore)
Ro-Ro terminal Bakar (Goranin)
Planned capacity approx. 50,000 cars per year. It will be an exclusive port for particular type of vehicles or a mixed terminal for various types of vehicles, depending on the market needs. Planned area includes 60,000m2 of the former coke plant plateau. Project is in preparation.
Terminal Skrljevo
Warehouse complex has the status of a free zone. The total area of 417,413m2 with open storages (130,000m2) and closed warehouses (44,000m2) with free area (243,000 m2). The terminal is connected to the railway infrastructure (6 tracks). In 2006, expansion project of the warehouses capacity has been completed, making available additional 140,000 m2 of storage space.
Terminal Rasa – Brsica
Sea depth - 8m: Storage capacity – 510,000m2
Passenger terminal
Sea depth - 7.5m: Total length of the shore - 900m
Ongoing projects
Ongoing Rijeka Gateway Program is bringing multiple benefits to the Port, the city, and more importantly the inhabitants of Rijeka and its surroundings. The Port is aiming to achieve the potential to develop into a major regional Container Port with sound financial performance generating over USD20.7 million of annual revenue. The port activities could generate annually over USD109 million of revenue for the various transport participants in Croatia. City life will be enhanced by providing the inhabitants and visitors with much improved access to the sea, while the Delta and the Port of Baroš areas transform into lively urban areas in an attractive location. Finally, global experience in port city redevelopment points to opportunities for job creation in Rijeka and its surroundings in the first phase of Delta redevelopment. Currently, effort is made to connect it efficiently with the railroad network to make profitable transport route with Europe.
The Rijeka Gateway Project includes:
The reconstruction of the Viennese and Prague coast will create an important 4 hectares operating area.
The building of an infrastructural corridor 2.5km long will secure a quality traffic route along the Western part of the port. Reconstructed lines of all installations and reconstructed railroad tracks will be part of the corridor.
Besides the Zagreb coast, there are plans for the building of a new coast which will be 1.200m long. Although the first phase will include only the construction of a 300 meter coast line, the newly built coast area will cover a space of 10ha and it will be used for the transshipment of general cargo.
The passenger terminal is located at the root of the Rijeka mole. The final layout of the terminal will include two berths for passenger ships and a building for the reception of passengers.
Source:
www.portauthority.hr/en/development_projects/rijeka_gateway_project
www.siteresources.worldbank.org/Ollivier_Rijeka-Gateway.pdf
www.portauthority.hr
PLOCE
The Port of Ploce is located on the Adriatic Sea coast in the area of the Neretva River. Its facilities include terminals and other structures in Ploce and in Metkovic, which lies on the Neretva approximately 20 kilometres inland to the east of Ploce. The Port of Ploce is at the southern terminus of Pan-European transport corridor V, branch C, representing a maritime extension of the rail and road routes leading to and from the Ploce area. These routes include modern roads such as: the Croatian A1 motorway, accessed via the D425 and D513, of E65 and connecting Zagreb Budapest and Vienna, the planned A10 motorways which are parts of European route E73. All the port's quays are linked by tracks connected to a single-track railway to Mostar, Sarajevo, Osijek and further north towards Budapest.
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General Cargo Terminal
Processing, packaging and storage facilities
Six berths and a 9.2m draught
Bulk Cargo Terminal
Storage facilities
Three berths and 13m draught
Capacity of 15,000t of cargo per day
Liquid Cargo Terminal
Handles fuel and other liquid cargo; it has 92,000m3 of storage capacity overall
A single berth and a 12m draught. Its cargo storage and handling facilities are operated by Luka Ploce Trgovina d.o.o. and Naftni Terminali Federacije d.o.o. (owned by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Grain Cargo Terminal
Handles transshipment, packaging and storage of cereals and oil seeds, with capacity of 400t per hour; it has a single berth, 45,000t of storage capacity and a 9.8m draught.
Wood Terminal
Handles, stores and processes timber; it has a single berth and a 9.2-metre draught.
Alumina and Petroleum Coke Terminal
It has a 9.2m draught; for alumina it has a storage capacity of 20,000t and a transshipment capacity of 600t per hour; for petroleum coke it has 10,000t of storage capacity and 260t per day handling capacity.
Container Terminal
Handles intermodal containers; it has a roll-on/roll-off ramp and accommodates Panamax ships. Its annual capacity is 60,000 TEUs.
Bulk Cement Terminal
Has 200t per hour handling capacity and 4,000t storage capacity; it is part of Business Unit Metkovic, located in Metkovic on the Neretva river, which is 5m deep at the site.
General Cargo Terminal (Metkovic)
Slag Terminal
10,000t storage capacity adjacent to the Bulk Cement Terminal, forming a part of Business Unit Metkovic.
Passenger Terminal
Two moorings: the primary mooring is used for international transport and accommodates vessels up to 120m LOA (length overall), with an 8m draught; the secondary mooring is used for local and international transport and accommodates vessels up to 65m LOA, with 5m draught.
The Port of Ploce is the second largest cargo seaport in Croatia, mostly serving Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with some local and regional users. The port is administered by the Port of Ploce Authority, with Luka Ploce d.d. as the primary concessionaire. Subcontractors that operate the liquid cargo terminal facilities are Naftni Terminali Federacije d.o.o. and Luka Ploce Trgovina d.o.o., while passenger and vehicle transit is handled by Jadrolinija. Jadrolinija ferries sail between Ploce and Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula and the D415 state road.
Ongoing projects
Port of Ploce is projecting new terminal for liquid cargo including the building of completely new terminal 160.000m2 large with capacity to warehouse 280.000m3 of oil and 35.000 m3 of liquified gas. Bulk cargo terminal was finished by 2015, while all the cargo handling machinery will be installed during 2017. Yearly capacity is 4.600.000t with possible increase of capacity to 6.200.000t. Terminal will include equipment for handling cargo, transport system, packaging and equipment return and industrial railroad platform. Container terminal is planned to be elongated in the future for 330m and storage capacity increased by 25ha.
Source:
www.ppa.hr/index.php/2015-04-17-08-54-45/projekt-itt.html
www.port-authority-ploce.hr/statistics.asp
www.luka-ploce.hr
ZADAR
The Port of Zadar is directly linked to the Zagreb- Split highway and to the central Croatia by two railways and consists of:
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Passenger Port
Cargo Port Gazenica
liquid, bulk, general cargo
New Passenger Port Gazenica:
island, coastal, international, ferry, traffic
passenger traffic, mega cruisers
Ro-Ro traffic
TERMINALS:
Terminal for liquid cargo
60 m coastline (mooring up to 190m), draft 10.3m - 12m, mooring of ships up to 40,000 DWT.
Tanks for petroleum products with capacity of 60,000m3, tanks for chemicals with capacity of 15,000m3, 16 pipelines, floating protective barrier of 300m.
Cargo: diesel, gasoline, VCM.
The terminal for the supply of oil platforms
180m coastline, the draft from 4.8m - 7.1m, 9m long ramp, an open storage area of 20,000m2, closed warehouses and workshops.
Cargo: terminal spare parts, supplies and materials, various equipment
Terminal loading/unloading of bulk freight
Shore length 140m, draft 12m with possibility of mooring of ships up to 80,000 DWT.
Terminal capacity is 500,000t annually with a capacity of unloading 500t/h, simultaneous loading of wagons on two railway tracks, closed storage with capacity of 30,000m3, grain silo capacity of 38,000m3. The terminal has a loading and unloading station with capacity of 240t/h.
Cargo: soy, wheat, corn and other cereals.
Terminal loading/unloading and storage of tropical fruits
Shore length of 135m, the draft 7 m to 11.4m, possibility of mooring of ships up to 10,000 DWT. Terminal capacity is 35,000t per year. The terminal also uses a railway track and a conditioning warehouse with five separate cooling chambers with total area of 3,400m2 and total capacity of 17,000m3.
Terminal for loading/unloading of general cargo
Shore length 150m, draft of 8.7m to 10.2m with possibility of mooring of ships up to 20,000 DWT, RO - RO ramp length 24m, closed warehouse with area of 34.000m2 and open storage area of 150,000m2, industrial railway track capacity 140 wagons per day.
Cargo: sea salt, iron fittings, wood, various palletized cargo, heavy cargo, equipment for drilling sets and special cargo: windmills.
Terminal for loading/unloading of of cement
Annual capacity of 80,000t with the possibility of unloading the ship from both piers for general cargo, distribution to trucks and weighing up to 50t.
Ongoing projects
New passanger port Gazenica is currently running project whose last phase is scheduled to begin in 2016 (that of building the terminal buildings with technical, control, traffic and commercial contents) and is expected to finish at the end of 2017.
Source:
www.luka-zadar.hr
www.port-authority-zadar.hr
SIBENIK
The Port of Sibenik is connected to the Croatian littoral by the road, to continental Croatia and Europe by highway and it is also linked to hinterland by the railway.
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